Republican-led US states challenge White House environmental review reforms
- Republican attorneys general from 20 U.S. states sued the Biden administration on Tuesday, seeking to block new reforms to the U.S. environmental review process for major projects such as transmission lines and wind and solar farms.
The states said the regulations also require agencies to consider a wider range of a project's impacts during environmental reviews including climate change and environmental justice considerations, which will cause project delays even though those factors are not explicitly detailed in NEPA's text. A White House spokesperson said the rule will speed up project reviews and make sure industry can move forward with key investments and projects, but declined to comment on the lawsuit directly.
The White House's Council on Environmental Quality has called the newest reforms a"core element" of Biden's efforts to build out clean energy systems and to rebuild American infrastructure.Scan QR code to install app
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